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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-05
THE SUPREME COURT VACANCY.

Lamar Is Not Qualified for the Place, and
Cannot Be Confirmed If Nomi mated.
sleciai to the indianapolis Journes
WASHINGTON. Dec III sincerely hope the
President will not nominate Mr.. Lamar for the
Supreme Bench, as am confident the nomination
will not be confirmed said one of the oldest
and most Influential Republican Senators this
morning. 81 know of a number of Senators
who are warm personal friends of Mr.. Lamar
that have gone TO the President and advised him
not to send in the nomination, and they have
been moved to do from the purest motives
and through the very best will toward Mr.. La
mar l admire Lamar, and believe him to be
man OF pure Intentions and good principles, but
he is no more fitted for place on the bench of
the Supreme Court of the United States than he
70 to be door-keeper in heaven. He is not
lawyer; is not q jurist, and is in no way what
aver 1T to be a colleague of such men as Chief
lnstice Waite. Justice Miller, Justice Harlan,
etc. do not mean that he is their equal So
cinlly, nor that he is not man of ability; but his
-lental strength does not run in the direction Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-05
CHINESE GAMBLERS SURPRISED.
One of Their Dens Raided by the Police and
Eight Players A.s Captured.

Fifteen Cinnamon became too noisy over q
game of chance on which money was at etake.
in Long Sings laundry. at No. o. East Wash
ington street, last night. and the police arrested
eight OF them for gambling. One Of the race.
who is not on good terms with the admirers of
Mr.. Sing, notified patrolman Manning that q
great many of his countrymen were in the
habit of meeting at Sings on Sunday evenings
and spending the night gambling. Manning
called Sergeant loves attention to the place.
and last night the Sergeant watched for devel-
opments Early in the evening tho Oriental
members began to gather from all parts Of the
city, and in a short time they began to get noisy
over their playing The doors were all locked.
and the curtains down, but Charley Travis
climbed to the roof of the building and looked
through sky-light at the players,
who were gathered around table,
dimly lighted by candle, patrolmen Manning,
Dawson BEEN aud Milford were called to assist
in the arrest and at l o'clock this morning the
rear door was forced open. When the China
men saw the police coming they grabbed their
money, and before the officers could get hold of
any Of them they were all hid in the various
furnishings of the laundry. Three or four
clamered into bed. and by the time the officers
reached them feigned sleep. A half dozen
crawled in behind the counter. 1t took the Off
GERS fifteen minutes to find them all. The eight
engaged in the game registered at the station
house as Long Sing, Tas See Conane, Sam Hing,
Tuna Man, Ley Mey, Ark Kune George Hop
Sing. and Lue Dolph. When they were searched
a huge revolver was found on George Hop Sing
He is from Greensburg, and said he had come
to visit his brethren and have q good time. In
their haste to secrete their money when sur
prised by the coming of the police some OF them
put it In their mouths, others in their pig tails"
and one of them had twenty cents in nlckles in
only Long Sing and George Hop Sing furnished
bail.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-05
Illinois Items.

On Friday night, during drunken row at
a dance at G. P. Princes house. a short distance
northeast of New Holland, Henry Garnett was
shot in the neck. He is still alive. but will
probably die. 1t is not known who fred the
shot.
James NJ. Briggs, well-known citizen and
prominenr ice merchant of Litchield, while
walking on the Wabash railway track on his way
home Friday evening. was struck by the south
bound Chicago express, and received injuries
which will probably result in his death.
A license of incorporation has been granted
to the American Tariff Reform League of Chi
cago. The object is to inaugurate propa-
Panda of tariff reform, and establish branches
throughout the United States. Among the in
corporators are S. Corning Judd, Julius S. Grin
nell, William J. English. Herman Lieb. Michael
Schweisthal and NJ. NJ Trumbull.
Since the completion of the Chicago & East
ern Illinois railroad through the southern part
of Champaign county the people of that section
placed in easy position to reach Tuscola
City, the countv-seat of Douglas county, by
rail. The people of the five lower townships
of Champaign county will ask now to be
nexed to Douglas county, and a special election
will be called. This will add, if the proposition
carries, lis, 900 acres of land to Douglas. and
give it additio al population of about 10. 900
people. The scheme will be urged by the most
influential men in the five townships. while it
will no doubt meet with much opposition from
other parts of Champaign county.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-05
NATIONAL BANKING.

Comptroller Trenholm Recommends Reduc-
ton of the Bond Deposit.
Special to the indianapolis Journaa.
WASHINGTON Dec. 4.-The annual report Of
Comptroller of the Currency Trenholm, a par
tial summary of which has been published, in
cludes summary of suggestions received by
the Comptroller from all parts of the country
respecting new basis for national
bank circulation. Over forty plans have
been proposed, and these were reduced
to five propositions; first to do away with the
note-issuing function of the banks second, to
increase tho inducements for the banks to deposit
circulation; third, to provide by new issue of
bonds; for a continuance of the present, or of
some modified system of national circulation
based on bonds; fourth, to substitute some other
security for United States bonds deposited in
the Treasury as a basis for national bank circu-
lation fifth. to allow the banks to issue circula-
ton upon their general credit, without requir-
Ing specific security to be depos tied.
The mptroler, after an elaborate discussion
OF these propositions, finally reaches the con-
cluson:
sit would appear that no substitute yet pro-
posed for the present basis of national bank
circulation is sufficiently free from objection to
be adopted. The four percent bonds will not
mature for twenty years, and, apart from other
considerations, there is enough in this
fact to justify caution and delay in
making any radical changes in the basis of cir
culatlon. In that time, doubt, something
acceptable will be devised, but at present all
that seems practicable is to modify the existing
law so as to obviate its Inconvenience, and as
first step toward this end it appears both safe
and wise to reduce the minimum amount of
bonds to be kept on deposit"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-05

law and this is SO notorious with fhosewho served
IN the Senate with him that there are some
Democratic Senators who, believe. would vote
against his confirmation, and to avoid being
placed in the position of having to vote against
a man they admire general principles, and
who is good man generally. but not in any
way qualified for the position, they have advised
that he De not nominated. i hope his nomina-
ton will not go to the Senate for good reasons
If it does there will be a caucus of Republican
Senators. and all Of them will vote against his
berger, of Virginia, and at least two or three
Democrats. There is possibility, of course,
that the Democrats would all vote fo- the con-
frmation, but hardly believe it; and in any
event the solid Republican vote would defeat
confirmation. Besides the absence of any Of
the training which would qualify Mr.. Lamar for
the position, he would be retired in seven
eight years. and there is no sens in putting
such an old man in the position
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-05
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS.
The Killing of Kurtz-Wolcott Found Guilty
and Sentenced for Fixe Years

The Killing of Kurtz-Wolcott Found Guilty
and Sentenced for Five Years.
BLooMINGToN, ILL.,, Dec. 3.-The attention of
the Mclean Circuit Court has been given for
week to the trial of VIM. w. Wolcott for the
killing of George Kurtz, and the jury to-day
reached verdict and found Wolcott guilty of
manslaughter, and fixed the penalty at five years
in the State prison. The verdict was reached
by compromise, the members of the jury
differing in opinion to the number Of years
to be given Wolcott The was
carefully and closely tried, as both
Wolcott and Kurtz long residents
and very well-known people The case was one
of unusual moment to the general public, and
the courtroom contained large audience
every day. Wolcots was boarder at the Walsh
House, kept by Kurtz, and on the night of Aug.
13 last, in quarrel with Kurtz, who ordered
him not to take beer to his room, he fatally
stabbed Kurtz in the bowels. The attempt
made at the trial to show that there was bad
blood between the two men over family affairs.
with the view to proving that Wolcott held
murderous intent, but the verdict shows that
the jury did not take this view. Wolcott will
ask for a new trial.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-05
How Senators Are Sworn In.

Washington Special.
II the custom of swearing in four Senators at
. time shall be observed. the first four called
will be Messrs. Aldrich, Bate Blodgett and
Chandler-two Democrats and two Repu blicans
With them sworn in the Senate would stand
twenty seven Democrats and twenty-seYen Re-
public ms, counting Riddleberger as q Republic
IN. The next four Senators called by the Chief
Clerk would be Cockrel Daniel, Davis and
Oawes-two Democrats and two Republicans
should they be sworn in without interruption,
The Senate would stand twenty nine Democrats
ana >" saty-nine Republicans, if Mr.. Riddle
berger be classed a Republican. The next
Tour 3enators called forward to take the oath
would be Edmunds, Faulkner, George and Cor
nan-three Democrats and Republican
Should they be sworn in the Senate would stand
thirty-two Democrats TO thirty Repub licaus.
But should the Republicans object to admins
sering the oath to MIR. Faulkner, tits understood
the Democrats would object to swearing in Mr..
Edmunds, and then the fight would be COM
menced with the Senate equally divided should
Mr. Riddleberger vote with the Republicans
and should he vote with the Democrats il would
give the latter thirty to twenty-eight
After the four Senators-elect that will include
Mr. Faulkner, the next quartet to be called will
consist of Msssrs. Gray, Hale, Hawley and
Their admission would make the Senate stand
thirty-four Democrats and thirty-two Republic
ans. The next four would be Messrs Hiscock
Paddock, Pasco and Quay-three Republicans
and one Democrat-and that wonld again tie the
Senate. making IL stand thirty five to thirty
fve still counting In Riddleberger with the Re
publicans. Then there would be six Senator'S
elect, and, following the custom, they would be
called in one group, as follows: Messrs Rea-
gan Sawyer. Sheridan, Stewart Stock bridge
and Turpie; four Republicans and two Demo
Gratis which would make the Senate stand
thirty.nine Republicans to thirty-seven Demo
Gratis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-05
SEWING-woMEN'S WAGES.
Employer Says Country Competition Keeps
the Prices Down.

"A ohyS OuuutEy OohPCtAtiou AccpS
the Prices Down.
New York Evening Post.
The low prices paid upon the average for the
sewing upon mems clothing cannot be much in
creased so long as what we cali the country COM
petition exists. There may be instances in
which women here aud there are compelled to
take less than the market price for their work,
but a rule the wages paid for work OF each
class averages about the same throughout the
city Competition is just as sharp between the
employers, or more 80, than between the en-
ployed. In many insances clothing is sold at
a serious loss in order TO hold business here
from going to Philadelphia or Chicago. and if
the maker of cheap clothing gives more than
the market price for making it. his business
career will be wound no for him in quick order.
The country competition to which / have re-
ferred is the chief Cause of low wages among
our sewing people of New York Very few peo-
pie know that much Of the clothing sold by our
wholesale dealers hers and 10 Boston is made up
by farmers wives and daughters at prices which
would not allow them to live but furnishes
them with pin money and little luxuries. Ev-
cry year, at stated seasons, dozens OF wagons,
loaded down with clothing ready to sew, start
out from the large towns of New England, and
distribute their burdens among the farmers
houses, to be called for in the same manner
when finished. These women do the work at
odd moments and in the evening. and the bust
ness Is growing larger and moro systematized
every year. Competition between the farmers
wives again cuts down the price. and
as money is worth moro in the isolated country
districts than in large cities. the farmers wife
receive half dollar for evenings work. Il
is said that more than half the sewing machines
scattered through the New England farm houses
have been paid for by work done in this way.
the middle man who gives the work out taking
sewing machines with him to distribute. and
accepting work in lieu of money Until New
York began to do this business upon
large scale in the farm districts OF the upper
part of the State Boston had quite advantage
over our wholesale makers OF cheap clothing,
for the system has fourished there for the last
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RICH NEW YORK EDITORS.
Whitelaw Reid Seems Take the Lead-Pur
chase of q Country Seat.

chase of q Country Seat.
Correspondence Philadelphia Record.
It certainly pays to be New York editor.
Here are Mr.. Pulitzer, with his new Fifth-av-
tiful place on Long Island where he has model
farm and grounds which there are extensive
varities of raresplants- twenty five men
to keep the place in order-fne horses, the raresf
fowls. and everything that betokens wealth and
a lavish manner OF living Now comes Mr..
Whitelaw Reid who has knocked all the other
"Ophir Farm" the famous Ben Halliday
place on the Sound in WestchesteI
county. Halliday spent over $1,000. 600
of it have paid thousands and thousands
of dollars IN alterations and improvements. The
house is built of dark granite. The main part
There are 700 800 acres of ground to the place.
and there is a chapel on it IN which the bones OF
Halliday's wife and daughters repose Mr.
Reid. 1 understand, paid between SSOOOG and
5000. 900 for the entire property. He cann9t be
at all superstitious, or he would not have bought
this place. as every one VINO has lived In 1t
or another. The women of the Halliday family
who were buried in the chapel led sad lives and
died sad deaths. A recent owner was sold out
under foreclosure Of mortgage. and altogether
there seems to be ill luck about it, but if any
can turn the luck Whitelaw Reid can He Ger.
tainly was born under a lucky star. L do not
believe he has had setback from the beginning
of his career Everything he has done
has been successful. There has been very little
plodding in his life. 1t makes some men poor
to marry but it made Mr.. Reid richer by s1O,-
OOO, 900 or $50 O00 900, he married a daughter
of D. o. Mills. But all who know Mr. Reid
and his wife say that if there had ever been a
love match it was theirs; only it was his luck to
fall in love with an heiress and have an heiress
fall in love with him. Mr.. Reid's town house Is
not to be despised. During the first years of
his m rred life be lived in q comfortable house
on Lexington avenue. but after residing there
short time he bought of the Willard man.
sions on Madison avenue, and now he has taken
sn~hf Eo pvvnU faR ntrU a
of New York papers are not paid the salaries
that the editors of London papers are paid. but
/ fancy that the principal owners make as much
as the owners of London journals The highest
salary paid an editor in New York is $12. 900,
while the editor of the London Times gets s25,-
O0O " it'll house TO live in.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-05
RESTRICTION OF IMMIGRATION.

Provisions of q Stringent Measure to Be In
troduced by Senator Palmer.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4-Senator Palmer. Of
Michigan, will introduce in the Senate at the
earliest possible opportunity after the organiza-
ton of that body bill prepared by him for the
purpose of regulating and restricting immigra-
ton to the United States by keeping out per-
sons who likely to be undesirable citi-
zens. The principal feature Of the bill is pro-
vision which. if it become law, will require
every person of foreign birth who con-
templates emigration to the United States.
to provide himself with certificate
from the United States consul for the district of
his residence, setting forth, substantially. that
the said consul is satisfied, upon diigent inquiry,
that he is suitable and desirable person for
residence and citizenship in the United States"
Immigrants of foreign birth not provided with
such certificates email not be allowed by the
United States immigration officers to land in
this country. The fourth section, which en-
bodies most Of the legislation proposed by
Senator Palmer's bill, is as follows:
Section f. That the Secretary of State shall estab-
lish such rules and regulations and
to time such instructions consuls of the United
States, not inconsistent with law with treaty OBJ
legations, as shall enable weIdisposed and worthy
persons who desire become resident citizens of the
United States to obtain certificates of and
fitness therefor from the consul of the district
which they reside without hardship or unreasonable
delay which certificate shall contain in add
fon to other specifications required by this
act, or which may be prescribed by
the Secretary of State the full of the individual
receiving the same the place of birth, age, occupa-
tion last legal residence physical marks peculiari
ties, and all facts necessary for Identification of
Individuals that such certificate shall be granted
to any convict except those convicted of political Of
lenses to any lunatic, idiot any person unable
to take care of himself herself without becoming
public charge nor to any Anarchist, Sihilist any
hostile to the principles of the Constitution
or form of government of the United States nor to
any believer or professed believer in the
Mormon religion who fails satisfy the consul,
examination, that he she intends to and will
conform to and obey the laws of the United States
nor to included in the prohib ition the
act to prohibit the importation and immigration of
foreigners and aliens under contract agreexaent
perform labor in the United States. the Territories
and the District of Columbia, approved Feb. 70
1885, or in acts amendatory to said act.
The remaining sections provide penalties for
violation of the law. machinery for carrying it
into effect and an Immigrant fund" to defray
the expenses incident thereto-such fund to be
created by imposing tax duty upon every i'm
migrant who lands in this country
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Indiana Notes.

Miss Ina Blue. the seventeen year-old daugh,
ter of Peter Blue a farmer, residing near
Sevastopol attempted to commit suicide Friday,
by shooting herself through the head with q
revolver 1t is thought that she cannot recover
No cause assigned
Jesse Lear. miner aged forty years, and mar
ried, was crushed by falling slate, in the Camp
was broken and other injuries sustained that
will result fatally. This is the second accident
from falling slate in this mine within a week.
An unusual number of fatalities have occurred
in the mines this year.
Morgan county offers three candidates Demo
cratlc) for the nomination for judge of the Fiji
teenth judicial district. They are w. S. Sher-
ley. j. v. Mitchell and Judge A. NJ. Cumming.
the present Incumbent. Owen county Democ-
racy furnishes two candidates for the nomina-
ton for the same place. They are Judge Frank
lin and VIM. Hicllam, both of Spencer.
Jerry Balay, young man of Green township,
Morgan county, while out rabbit-huuting, on
Thursday, accidentally shot himself, causing
instant death. He in company with a
young man named Hogan, and looking for
rabbit. He was standing on top of a fence, with
his gun resting at his feet, the muzzle pointing
upward. The gun slipped so that the hammer
struck the fence, and both barrels were dis
charged, the contents passing through his
heart
General Manson. collector of internal revenue
for the Terre Haute district, and Peter Gfroerer.
a guager under him, at loggerheads, and
Gfroerer has been removed. He has refused TO
resign, and the Secretary of the Treasury will
be asked to revoke his commission Gfroerer,
asked for his resignation the grounds that he
was Anarchist, and then General Manson
added that all Germans were Anarchists The
General says this statement is false.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-05

Is the Republican Majority of States To Be
Reversed?-Democratic Designs.
Washington Special
DESPITE their professions of perfect confidence.
there is more than one indication that the Demo-
cratic leaders are uneasy respecting next years
presidential contest. Already one hears it
whispered that the contested election cases in
California and Indiana will be decided in favor
Of the Democratic contestants. Such action of
course would destroy the majority of State dele
cations IN the House of Representatives now
held by the Republicans. and prevent an cleo
ton in case no presidential candidate should re-
eeive a majority of the electoral votes. Probably
not a single member of the House or other per-
son except the contestants and contestees them
selves has read the testimony or even the briefs
in one of the cases, and yet one may frequently
read in Democratic newspapers that Messrs
FELTON, and Van Dever. the Republican con-
testees in California, and Captain White, the
Republican contestes in Indiana, .have very
weak cases." and that the contestants probably
will be seated
OF course there is purpose behind such pub
locations. and it is to prepare the public mind
for partisan action by the Democratic majority
of the House in those cases. Two of the Demo
cratic contestants. Lynch. of California, and
Lowry, of Indiana, are in Washington already,
laboring with their party friends. Lowry was a
member of the elections committee in the last
House. He was defeated for reelection by
more than 500 majority in a strongly Demo
cratic district. He alleges that Captain White
who is a native Of Scotland, and who was a gal
liant Union soldier during the war, never was
naturalized, and therefore that he lowry
should get the seat. There is sufficient parol
evidence that Captain White is naturalized
citizen of the United States, but even If that
evidence is rejected il does not follow that Low
~ Is entitled TO the seat At most a vacancy
should be declared. In that event Captain
White would be ready to try conclusions with
Lowry again at the polls. It will be well for
Republicans to be on the alert in regard to these
contested election cases.
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Funeral of Frank +. Wright.

special to the Indianapolis Journal
ARCOLA, ILL.,, Dec. 4.-The funeral services of
the late Frank E. Wright. who died in this city
Thursday of typhoid fever. took place this
ming and were attended by largefconcourse of
friends. Mr. Wright of the most
promising young men of Douglas county, hav-
ing twice been elected States attorney, which
Office he filled with credit and ability, and at the
last grand encampment of the l. n. g., he was
elected major of the Eighth Regiment He was
member of the Masonic and l. 0. O. f. lodges,
the members of which attended body TO-
as guard of honor.